DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/24 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0657z - - 1005z - - 1330z - - 1600z - - 1857z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 52.8 - - 63.8 - - 70.0 - - 68.2 - - 65.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -21 - - 80 - - 161 - - 30 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 46 - - 923 - - 2761 - - 1631 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit 919 - - 920 - - 2402 - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top 935 - - 1812 - - 3650 - - 2520 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 249 - - 1056 - - 454 - - 1342 - - 1452 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 177 - - 320 - - 157 - - 13 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 5 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 10 - - 13 - - 12 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 119 - - 137 - - 120 - - 159 - - 141 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 5 - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -1 - - -1 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -95 - - -612 - - 515 - - 650 - - -222 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1030 - - 2424 - - 3135 - - 1870 - - 1158 sfcLCL ODpotential -10559 - - -6531 - - -3714 - - 183 - - -1937 ODpotential blCL 11494 - - 8343 - - 7364 - - 2337 - - 2873 blCL maxRH 88 - - 81 - - 85 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m 52.8 - - 63.8 - - 70.0 - - 68.2 - - 65.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 51.5 - - 56.4 - - 59.3 - - 62.9 - - 63.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 53.9 - - 63.3 - - 69.0 - - 68.0 - - 66.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 51.8 - - 55.6 - - 58.2 - - 62.4 - - 63.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -21 - - 80 - - 161 - - 30 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 46 - - 923 - - 2761 - - 1631 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 53 - - 23 - - 41 - - 102 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 9 - - 10 - - 12 - - 13 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98212 13 198 9 225 14 222 16 254 12 266 98212 90826 13 235 8 234 13 224 15 244 13 242 90826 85112 15 264 7 245 9 196 14 230 16 250 85112 80369 10 268 7 223 8 225 10 223 12 256 80369 76284 7 246 7 224 12 231 12 245 11 254 76284 72667 11 240 10 258 12 235 16 252 13 262 72667 69403 14 269 15 267 13 259 17 243 17 262 69403 66422 24 281 20 268 16 269 16 262 18 263 66422 63670 30 269 26 265 23 268 23 253 23 255 63670 61013 33 261 28 258 26 253 24 271 24 262 61013 58248 34 259 31 266 36 270 40 270 34 262 58248 55373 45 265 43 263 50 258 48 260 46 264 55373 52628 45 258 45 260 51 252 58 259 60 263 52628 50167 44 263 48 265 52 253 63 257 67 261 50167 47969 49 263 53 265 54 253 63 255 67 258 47969 45979 52 257 53 259 55 251 60 251 66 255 45979 44161 52 251 49 253 52 247 54 246 61 250 44161 42489 50 246 44 250 45 245 48 242 55 244 42489 40937 46 243 39 252 39 251 42 242 52 241 40937 39483 38 240 36 250 35 256 38 248 48 240 39483 38109 30 247 32 248 32 260 37 252 45 241 38109 36776 27 250 29 250 32 263 37 252 43 244 36776 35415 26 241 27 252 31 263 37 250 43 245 35415 34000 25 238 26 247 28 264 38 252 41 245 34000 32532 22 236 26 239 25 263 34 256 39 245 32532 30995 20 239 25 234 22 259 28 259 37 242 30995 29378 19 244 22 233 21 247 24 256 34 238 29378 27685 17 247 20 229 20 239 22 254 31 237 27685 25916 14 243 17 224 18 238 22 249 27 242 25916 24070 14 220 16 215 17 238 23 244 23 249 24070 22148 17 213 16 211 15 235 20 247 20 250 22148 20147 15 202 15 200 14 219 14 251 16 247 20147 18065 13 171 15 182 13 193 12 229 10 242 18065 15941 11 162 14 170 15 171 14 198 11 212 15941 13895 11 162 15 167 18 176 20 211 17 228 13895 12035 13 168 15 166 18 193 25 220 23 232 12035 10384 14 167 15 159 16 196 24 216 23 234 10384 8916 14 158 15 158 16 178 21 203 20 225 8916 7612 16 152 15 161 16 169 20 190 18 218 7612 6456 19 150 17 156 16 164 20 191 17 209 6456 5431 21 146 20 150 17 157 19 193 17 203 5431 4529 14 144 19 145 18 145 16 189 19 200 4529 3734 10 142 17 141 17*135 15 179 19 196 3734 3023 13 145 18 142 15*127 14*170 19 188 3023 2396 18 150 18 143 14 121 14*162 18 175 2396 1874 22 149 17*142 13 119 13 159 15 161 1874 1474 24 138 12*138 12 118 12 159 11 152 1474 1199 19 127 10 137 11 118 11 158 8 147 1199 1032 15 124 9 137 10 118 10 158 7*145 1032 936 5*119 7 136 9 117 8 158 4*141 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography